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CLASS OF 1881 



Rutgers College 



HISTORY TO 1916 



CLASS OF 1881 



Rutgers College 
HISTORY TO 1916 



Compiled by 
REV. GARRETT WYCKOFF, Ph. D. 
Assisted by 
REV. M. T. CONKL1N 



Red Bank. N. J., 
December 21, 1916 



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THE COLLEGE 

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CLASSICAL SECTION 



THEODORE BURGES BOORAEM. 

MR. Booream was born in New Brunswick, N. J., April 30, 1861. He 
was the son of Theodore Booraem. He studied at the Rutgers 
Grammar School and graduated from Rutgers College in 1881 with the 
degree of A. B. Then he studied law in the office of A. V. Schenck, Be 
was admitted as an attorney in 1881, and as a counsellor in 1887. For 
many years Mr. Booraem was a law partner of the late John S. Yoorhees 
of the class of 1876. In 1903 he became Assistant United States District 
Attorney for New Jersey, and 1906 City Attorney of New Brunswick. 
In the latter year the term of Woodbridge Strong of the class of 1847 
as County Judge expired. The Governor appointed Mr. Booraem in 
his place. After serving as judge for three years, he was appointed 
Prosecutor of the County of Middlesex, which position he held until 
his death. Mr. Booraem was also Vice President of the Consolidated 
Fruit Jar Company and Counsel of the People's National Bank of New 
Brunswick. He served several years as Treasurer of the Rutgers 
Alumni Association and was also a member of the Holland Society of 
New York City. 

Mr. Booraem married Miss Helen Randall of New Brunswick, who 
survives him. He died at his home after a brief illness, February 26th, 
1912. 

JESSE WENDELL BROOKS. 

S( )X of Jesse R. Brooks, a New England farmer. For 15 years Senior 
Deacon in Congregational Church of Cheshire. Prepared for 
College at Cheshire School and Salem Collegiate Institute. Taught 
school. Principal of West Cheshire Grammar School. Sophomore and 
Junior Orator. Philoclean prize for essay. Farewell address to the 
President at Class Day exereises. Fourth honor Phi Beta Kappa. 
Graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1884. Post Graduate 
Course in X. V. University and Chicago University, P. H. 1). From 
New York University 18S9. Received A. M. from Rutgers 1**4. 
Ordained by Manhattan Congregational Association in May, L884. 
Pastor of Congregational Church, Bay Shore, X. V., '84- '87. Stuyves 



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ant Ave. Cong. Church, Brooklyn, '87- '88. East New York Reformed 
Church, '88- '94. State Superintendent of C. E. in '87-88. Member of 
Board of Domestic Missions, R. C. N., '91-94. Chairman of General 
Synod's Sabbath Observance Committee. Secretary of Chicago Tract 
Society 1898-1914. President of Union Missionary Training Institute 
since 1914. 1916 became again Secretary of Chicago Tract Society. 
Politics, Prohibitionist-Republican Mugwump. Married, in Henry 
Ward Beecher's home May 16, 1884, to Louise Bissell Upham, daughter 
of Prof. Upham of Brooklyn and Mass. Children — Wendell Staton, 
born July 24, 1886. Henry Nathan, born April 9th, 1888. Earnest 
Cecil, born Jan. 8th, 1891. Phillippe, born Feb. 14, 1893. Jessie Louise, 
born Jan., 1897. Beatrice Myra and Bernice Marie, March 21, 1900. 
Writings — Primitive Theisim, a monograph pub. in New York 1891. 
Fifteen Annual Reports of the Chicago Tract Society. Various review 
and periodical articles. 

GARDNER HALE CAIN, 

476 W. State St., Trenton, N. J. 

BORN at Harlingen, N. J., Nov. 27, 1858. Father Nathaniel Cain, 
mother Eure Ann Titus Cain. Studied at Harlingen public school, 
Middlebush Institute, Rutgers Grammar school. Vice President of 
Class. Delta Phi. A. M. Admitted to bar of New Jersey Nov, 1885. 
Lawyer and dealer in real estate. President of Common Council of 
city of Trenton, N. J., 1892-1894. President of Trenton Club 1888-1908, 
Democrat. Bicycle rider for 30 years, automobilist 14 years. Married 
July 18, 1901, to Salina B. Wortman. No children, but a nephew in 
Class of 1910, Nathaniel Cain Wvckoff. Resided at Trenton since 
1886. 



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MARION TOWNSEND CONKLIN, 

Middletown, N. J. 

ORN at Kingston, N. Y., July 9, 1856. Son of William Hasbrouck 
Conklin, a carriage manufacturer, and Rachel Catherine Hen- 
dricks. Studied in Kingston Public School and Rutgers Grammar 
school. Advanced in printer's trade from office boy to foreman. Chi 
Psi; Phi Beta Kappa; Mason. Graduated from New Brunswick Semin- 
ary in 1884. Held charges at Whitehouse, N. J., Wallkill, N. Y., Alam- 
agordo, New Mexico, Arapahoe, Okla., Shawnee, Okla., High Bridge, 
X. J., Middletown, N. J. Republican. Diversion, Chess, Checkers. 
Married, Sept. 10th, 1885, at Far Hills, N. J., to Anna Gertrude Dumont, 
daughter of Henry M. Dumont and Martha Anna Nevius. Two children 
— William Dumont and daughter, Helen. 



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JOSIAH ELMER CRANE, 
Wurtsboro, N. Y. 

BORN at Fair Oakes, N. Y. Son of Wm. Henry Crane and Mary Jane 
Crane. Descendant of Captain Josiah Crane of Revolutionary 
fame. Studied at Middletown, N. Y. and New Brunswick, N. J. A, B, 
Rutgers in 1881. A.M. 1884. Ph. D . and S . T . D . Graduated from 
New Brunswick Seminary, '84. Held charges at Rocky Hill, N. J., 7 
.years; Schodack Landing, N. Y., 7 years.; Wurtsboro, N. Y., 16 years. 
Democrat. Diversion, Walking. Married Ida A. Moon of Canaan, 
Conn. No Children. Held various offices in Classis. 

REV. JOHN HENDRIK DE VRIES, D.D., 

Canton, Mass. 

BORN in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, May 8, 1859. Fath- 
er Hendrik de Vries, Architect and Builder. Mother Wilhelmina 
Lousa Diephurysen. Studied at Rutgers Grammer School. Came to 
America at the age of 15. Graduated from Seminary 1888 and has held 
charges at Bronxville, N. Y., '93- '97. ' Emanuel Chapel, Yonkers, N. Y., 
1888-1893. Second Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N. J., 1897-1905. 
Took order in Episcopal Church. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Brew- 
ster, New London, Conn., Jan. 1906 and a Priest by Bishop Green, West 
Hampton, L. I., N. Y., June 1906. Rector Grace Church, Saybrook, 
Conn., in 1907-1915. Rector Trinity Church, Canton, Mass., March 1st, 
1915. A. M. in 1884. D. D. in 1903. 'Republican. Diversion— His Work. 
Married June 6th, 1894, at New Burgh, N. Y. to Mary Gale Clark, 
daughter of Elisha Gale and Mary Classon Clark. No Children. Writ- 
ings — Translated Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology by Dr. Abraham 
Kuyper, Scribner's Sons, 1898. Numerous Articles in Christian Intelli- 
gencer. Biblotheca Sacra Methodist Review. Christian Thought. 
Bible Leader and Student. The Bible Champion. Yonkers Statesman, 
Princeton Press and Book Reviews in various periodicals. D. D. by 
Rutgers. 



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GEORGE FIELDER, 
Died Aug. 8th, 1911. 

JUDGE Fielder, born at Princeton, N. .1., Dee. 14, 1859. Youngest son 
of John W. Fielder. Studied at Hackettstown Centenary Insti- 
tute. Graduated from Rutgers, 1881, with degree of A. R. Lived at 



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New Brunswick for a time. Graduated from Columbia Law School in 
1884. Practiced his profession in New York City. Since his marriage 
lived in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1908 elected Justice of Municipal Court of 
Brooklyn and held the position until his death. 

On Dec. 28th, 1892, married Miss Laura Snedeker. His widow and 
daughter survive him. He died suddenly at his home from heart fail- 
ure, Aug. 8, 1911. 

CORNELIUS J. HARING, L.L.B., L.L.D. 

Nyack, N. Y. 

SON of Isaac C. Haring, M. D., and Sarah Tallman Haring. Born at 
New City, Rockland Co., N. Y., on April 1, 1860. Motley in the 
Rise of the French Republic makes mention of one of my ancestors about 
1573. "John Haring of Horn had planted himself entirely alone upon 
the Dyke where it was so narrow between the V on one side and the Die- 
mer Lake on the other that two men could hardly stand abreast. Here, 
armed with sword and shield he had actually opposed and held in check 
over 1,000 of the enemy, during a period long enough to enable 
his own men, if they had been willing, to rally and effectively repell the 
attack. It was too late; the battle was too far lost to be restored; but 
still the brave soldier held his post till by his devotion he had enabled 
all those of his compatriots who still remained in the entrenchments to 
make good their retreat. He then plunged into the sea and untouched 
by spear or bullet effected his escape. Had he been a Greek or Roman 
or Horatius or Chabrias, his name would have been famous in history, 
his statue erected in the Market place, for the bold Dutchman on his 
dyke had manifested as much valor in a sacred cause as the most Classic 
heroes of Antiquity." See Motley's Rise of the Dutch Republic, Vol. 2, 
pages 360-361. Studied at Clarkstown Public School, Park Ridge 
Institute. Rutgers Prep. Captain of Rutgers Foot Ball Team. Busi- 
ness Manager of Targum. President of Class in Senior Year. Presi- 
dent of Rutgers Glee Club, D. U. C. B. K. Graduate of Columbia Law 
School in 1885. Admitted to N. Y. Bar 1883 and Wisconsin Bar in 1885. 
Resided at Milwaukee, Wis., 1885-1911. Nyack, N. Y., 1911-1916. 
L. L. D. Washinglon College of Law. Sec. Wisconsin State Bar assoc. 
1907- '11. Sec. Milwaukee State Bar assoc. 1902-1907. Sec, Milwaukee 
Lawyers Club. House Com. of Milwaukee University Club and Ath- 
letic Club. Republican. Reformed Church and Plymouth Congrega- 
tional Church of Milwaukee. Diversion — Fishing. Unmarried. 



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RICHARD CHARLES HARRINGTON, A. M., M. D. 

Died Feb. 22, 1885. 

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. A. M. Rutgers, 1884. M. D. Bellevue 
Hospital. Medical College, 1884. 

CHARLES NORTON IRONSIDE, A. M., L. L. B., L. L, D„ 

710 South Clark St., Cbicago, 111. 

BORN in Washington, D. C, April 12th, 1859. Father, John Edmund 
Roger Baxter Augustine Ironside, M. D. Mother, Mary Wharton- 
by Hood. Paternal Grandfather was from Medieval Scottish Highland 
family. His, ilk from Clan Mackaye. Maternal Grandfather was 
John Hood of Philadelphia, lineal descendant of the thrifty crowd that 
came over with Win. Penn and had part in the trade with the Indians for 
the site of Philadelphia. Attended Public Schools of Covington, K\ ., 
Clove Post Academy and schools in Washington, D. C. Graduated 
from Rutgers in 1881. Honors — Peter Spader prize (2), Peithosoph- 
ian prize for Elocution. Sophomore Orator. Targum Editor. Class 
Day Orator. Ass 't Treasurer of Boat Club. Chi Phi. L. L. B. Law 
School of Georgetown University 1882. Studied law with Rutledge 
Wilson of Washington, W. P. Voorhees of New Brunswick and Hon. 
Alex H. Stephens of Ga. Admitted to bar at Covington, Kv., 1882. Re- 
sided at Washington, D. C, 1881-1882. Covington, Ky.,* 1882. Fort 
Wayne, Ind., 1883, Cincinnati, 1883-1885. New York, 1885. Practiced 
law some years. Next, became a newspaper man. Reporter, Editor, 
Owner, L. L. D., 1890. A. M., 1884. Episcopalian — Vestryman. Re- 
publican. Diversion — Books and Travel. Married in New York City, 
April 22, 1889, to Elizabeth Higgins of N. Y. and Mary (Craig) of Ba- 
ton Rouge, La., whose father was a direct descendant of Waldron who 
was one of the early Dutch Settlers of New Amsterdam when they had 
a fort at Bowling Green. Two Children. Roth deceased. Ruth, 1890. 
Madge, 1892. Writings, "The Christian Religion." Pamphlet, "Ec- 
clesiastics on Making of Rooks and Substitution Word Writings." 

MARTIN WYCKOFF LANE, A. M., 

Millville, N. J. 

BORN at; Whitehouse, N. .!., Nov. 22, 1858. Son of Andrew Lane, a 
merchant, and Margaret WyckolV Lane. Ancestry of Dutch Stock, 
dating back to Revolutionary time. Rutgers Prep. School. Studied 



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law with Alvah A. Clark from Dec. 1881 to July 1882, Somerville, 
N. J. Continued with McCarter, Williamson and McCarter at Newark, 
N. J., from July 1st, 1882 to Nov. 1884. Admitted to N. J. Bar, Nov, 
term, 1884. Resided at Neshanic Station until 1891 and Millville, N. J., 
since that date. A. M. at Rutgers in 1884. Democrat. Presbyterian. 
Married at Neshanic, N. J., Nov. 23, 1892, to Catherine Hall. No Chil- 
dren. 

ROBERT LEFFERTS, 

East Moriches, L. L 

BORN at Flatbush, Kings Co., N. Y., on March 2d, 1860. Son of John 
and Eliza Lefferts. Prepared for College at Lockwood's Acad- 
emy, Brooklyn, and Erasmus Hall, Flatbush, N. Y. Member of Chi Phi 
Society. Resided at Brooklyn, N. Y., 1881-1907. East Moriches, L. L, 
1908 to present time. Occupied as Pay Master in track laying depart- 
ment on construction of N. Y. L. & W. R. R. Associated with I. & H. 
T. Antony & Co. Also with Chas. R. Flint & Co. Sole agent for Phoe- 
nix Chandle Co., for 12 years, with office in N. Y. Reformed Dutch 
Church. Republican. Diversion — Shooting and Fishing. Married at 
Flatbush, L. I., to Harriet Zabriske Strong. Second marriage to Fran- 
ces C. Troop, widow of Augustus Troop. Relative, Dwight C. Lefferts, 
among the Alumni of Rutgers. 

CHARLES EDWARD LORD, 

CHARLES E. Lord, for many years a member of the city staff of The 
New York Times, died at the home of his father, the Rev. Edward 
Lord, at Patchogue, L. I., Sunday, March 21st, 1897. Mr. Lord's health 
began to fail about two years ago, and continued to fail until consump- 
tion developed. With rare pluck he kept upon his feet and at his work 
until three weeks ago, when he went to his father's home in search of 
rest. 

The death of Mr. Lord takes away from the ranks of his co-workers 
a man whom each and all of them liked for his manly, upright nature, 
his never-failing amiability, and his genial companionableness. He 
had a wide circle of acquaintances, and was welcomed wherever he 
went. 

Mr. Lord was born in Fulton, Oswego county, N. Y., May 21st, 1860. 
He was graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., and 
soon afterward found employment as a reporter for the Tribune of this 
city. From that newspaper Mr. Lord came to The New York Times 
about 1882, and had since remained in the service of this journal. 

He was a brother of Chester S. Lord, managing editor of the New 



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York Sun, and recently appointed a Regent of the University of the 
State of New York, and of Mrs. C. P. W. Merritt, wife of Dr. Merrit, 
who is widely known as a missionary to China. — The New York Times. 

JOEL LOUCKS. 

SON of Conrad Kelto Loucks and Lavina M. Patten. Grandfather 
in war of 1812. His mother's uncle was Abram Patten, oldest 
of seven boys, all born poor. He is the father of present wheat specula- 
tor of Chicago by that name. Born in town of Palatine, N. Y. Studied 
at Fort Plain Seminary. Pursued full course in College and Seminary. 
Pastor of Reformed Church of South Branch for eight years. Declin- 
ing health caused him to return to tillage of the soil. Lectured and 
worked in Temperance cause. Democrat. No diversion except hard 
work. Married Oct. 8th, 1885, to Anna Belden VanDerissen. No Chil- 
dren. Published one Poem, widely circulated, entitled, "It Is Some- 
thing to You." 

RET. WILMER MC NAIR, A. M., 

Holmdel, N. J. 

SON of Rev. John Long McNair and Frances VanKleek. Born at 
Stone Bridge, N. Y., Sept. 29th, 1858. Attended various prepar- 
atory schools and graduated from Princeton Seminary in 1886. Held 
various pastorates in New Jersey, also the Chair of Latin in a Western 
College. Independent in Politics. No diversion outside of cultivating 
his home society and running a Ford. Delta Phi. Married Oct. 3rd, 
1894, at South Orange, N. J., to Eleanor Agnes Roberts. Three Chil- 
dren—Maria Louisa, John Long and Everett Wilmer. Sermons in 
Tacoma Ledger. 



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HENRY DV BOIS MULFORD. 

BORN at Livingston, Columbia Co., N. Y., September 27th, 1859. Son 
of James Mulford. Licensed by Classis of Hudson, 1885. Or- 
dained by the Classis of New Brunswick, N. J., 1885. Franklin Park, 
1885- '89. Syracuse 1st, 1889- '97. Professor of English Language and 
Literature. Rutgers 1897-1911. I). D. (Union 1903) Trustee El- 
mii-a College, 1893- '95. Trustee Rutgers, 1895- '97. Residence, Upper 
Red Hook, N. Y. 



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WILLIAM SCHMITZ, A. M., 
Buslikill, Penn. 

BORN at Crefeld, Germany, April 28th, 1857. Son of William 
Schmitz. A. B. Rutgers, 1881. A, M. Licensed by the Classis 
of New York, 1884. Ordained by the Classis of Raritan, 1884. Pot- 
tersville, 1884-1886. Roxburv, 1886-1890. Presbyterian. Greenwich, 
N. Y., 1890- '92. Fultonville, 1892-1901. Rocky Hill, 1901-1904. 
Talmage Memorial, Philadelphia, 1904- '08. Bushkiil. 

CHESTER BOYDEN SCHOONMAKER, 

Stone Ridge, N. Y. 

SON of Lucas Elmendorf Shoonmaker, a merchant, and Aurelia Da- 
vis, of French, English, Dutch and a trace of Irish blood. Born 
in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 30th, 1861. Junior Orator. Broadhead 
Classical Prize. Third Honor. Phi Beta Kappa. D. K. E. In busi- 
ness in New York City for ten years. Then back to the soil. Repub- 
lican. Reformed Church. Diversion — Hunting and Fishing. Un- 
married. 

CHARLES BUCHANAN SCOTT, 

MR. Scott was born in 1861 at Shawangunk, Ulster county, N. Y., a 
son of the Rev. Charles Scott, who later became president of 
Hope College. Having been graduated from Rutgers College in 1881, he 
pursued post-graduate scientific studies at the University of Michigan 
and received there the degree of A. M. For a time he was connected 
with the geological survey of New Jersey, then became Professor of 
Science at the High School at St. Paul, Minn., remaining there five 
years; then was Instructor in Science at the State Normal School at 
Oswego, N. Y. In 1899 he was sent by the American Missionary Asso- 
ciation to Porto Rico to take charge of educational work in a part of 
the island; he continued in this work for three years. Returning to 
this country, he became Instructor in Science at the High School of 
Plainfield, N. J., and had just been appointed Professor of Science in 
the Normal School at Hyannis, Mass., where he had been in charge of 
biological work in the summer sessions. He died in Plainfield, June 
19th, 1904. 



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GEORGE HENRY STEPHENS, A. M., 
5311 Walton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BORN at Plainneld, N. J., Sept. 27, 1857. Son of Robert Stephens 
and Maria Darcey. Attended various Preparatory Schools, com- 
ing to Rutgers in Sophomore year from Wesleyan University. Or- 
dained at Springfield, N. J., Mar. 1885. Graduated from the New 
Brunswick Seminary in 1884. Delta U. Held Pastorates at Spring- 
field, N. J., Flanders, N. J., Berwick, Pa, and Morrisville, Pa. In 1904 
accepted engagement with Presbyterian Minister's Fund. At present 
Field Secretary and Secretary pro tern. Editor of the Targum. Pro- 
hibition. No hobby. Married, Sept. 28, 1887, Mary Creveling at An- 
nandale, N. J. Four Children — Wilhelmina, Helen, Anna and George. 

LIVINGSTON LUDLOW TAYLOR, A. M., 

Canandaigua, N. Y. 

BORN in Philadelphia, Pa., September 16th, 1860. Son of Wm. J. 
R. Taylor, D.D., and Maria Louisa Cowenhoven. From a distin- 
guished Ministerial Line. Graduated from Newark Academy in 1877. 
Prizes and Honors — Myron W. Smith prize for oratory; 2d, Peter 
Spader prize in Modern History; First Peithesophian prize for original 
oration; Wilson prize for mental philosophy; Appleton prize for moral 
philosophy; Suydam prize for composition. Junior Orator. P. B. K, 
X. Phi. Second honor English Salutatory. New Brunswick Theo- 
logical Seminary. Held pastorate at Middle Collegiate Church, N. Y, 
Port Jervis, Colorado Springs, Plymouth Congregational, Brooklyn, 
N. Y. First Congregational Church of Canandaigua, N. Y. President 
of Congregational Club of Brooklyn. Also New York Ministerial meet- 
ing. Moderator of New York Congregational Conference. Politics — 
Republican (Independent). Diversion — Farming. Married May 21, 
1885, at Newark, N. J., to Mary Fitsworth, daughter of Judge Caleb S. 
Fitsworth. Four children, Mary Livingston, Margaret, Frances, Pru- 
dence. Relatives among Alumni of Rutgers. Father Wm. J. R. Tay- 
lor, D.D. Graduated 1841. Trustee 1878. Brothers VanCampen Tay- 
lor 1869. Graham 1870. Wm. R., '76, Undo ('has. T. Cowenhoven, 
Cousins James, John and William Bishop. Groat grandfather John 
VanCampen Romeyn, Trustee 1809. Benjamin 0. Taylor, D. 1)., Grand- 
father Trustee 1857. 



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IRVING STRONG UPSON. 

MR. Upson was born at Marion, Hartford County, Conn., February 
5th, 1855. He was the son of Miles Henry Upson. His early 
education was received at the Lewis Academy, Southington, Conn., and 
the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven. From 1874 until 1877 he 
taught in the schools of New Preston, Southington, and Chestershire, 
Conn. His original intention had been to enter Yale, but a former resi- 
dence at Somerville, N. J., and an acquaintance with Rev. Dr. John B. 
Thompson, Rutgers 1851, turned him to Rutgers College. Entering 
colllege in 1877, he graduated with the class of 1881 with the degree of 
A. B. It had been his purpose to prepare for the ministry, but circum- 
stances and his own peculiar aptitude and faithfulness marked out for 
him an exceptionally useful career in another sphere. At graduation 
Dr. George H. Cook, Vice President of Rutgers College, asked him to 
become his assistant. This beginning naturally led to his association 
with the college itself. He became Librarian of the college in 1884 and 
retained the office until 1906, although for several years assistants re- 
lieved him of the routine work of the library. He served the Faculty 
as its Secretary from 1891 until his death. He was also Registrar of 
the college for the same period. Since 1905 he had been Treasurer of 
the Board of Trustees. Besides these offices he was for many years and 
until his death Secretary and Treasurer of the New Jersey State Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station. He was Treasurer of the Free Public Li- 
brary of New Brunswick and one of the managers of the Children's In- 
dustrial Home of that city. From 1883 until 1904 he was Biographer 
of the Rutgers Alumni Association, and prepared the General Cata- 
logue of the college which appeared in 1886. Since 1904 he had been 
Treasurer of the Alumni Association. 

The mere statement of the offices which Mr. Upson held fails en- 
tirely to indicate the service he rendered to his Alma Mater. In the 
highest sense he gave his whole life to her from his graduation till his 
death. Rarely taking a vacation even in the heat of summer, he toiled 
early and late for Rutgers. His remarkable powers of organization, 
his broad and accurate memory, his untiring diligence and faithfulness 
were always given to the college. The system and orderliness of the 
college records are due to him. His relations to the Trustees, Faculty, 
Alumni and under-graduates were most intimate and friendly. In all 
these connections his genial personality will be sorely missed; but he 
organized his work so well that it will go on for many years on the lines 
which he marked out. 

Mr. Upson was unmarried. He showed bis complete devotion to 
Rutgers by providing that eventuallv the major portion of his estate 
shall become the property of the college. After several months of ill- 



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ness which at tilnes detained him at home, he died as he had lived at 
the post of duty, at his desk in the college office at nine o'clock, Thurs- 
day morning, February 25th, 1915. 

J. RUSSELL VERBRYCKE, A. M., 

Vineland, N. J. 

BORN in New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 5th, 1860. Son of John Ver- 
brycke and Hannah E. Smith. Prepared for College at Rutgers 
Preparatory School. After graduating from College entered Theologi- 
cal Seminary in 1881. Graduated in 1884. Ordained to Ministry and 
held Pastorates at Preakness, N. J., 4 years. Piermont, N. Y., 7 
years. Washington, D. C, 19 years. Present charge at Vineland, 
N. J. Zeta Psi. Captain of Base Ball Team and the Boat Club. Chor- 
ister in Chapel. For several years Chaplain of the Grand Lodge F. A. 
A. M. Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery of K. T. One year 
Moderator of Washington City Presbytery. Three years Secretary of 
Presbyterian Alliance of Washington College. Prelate of Washington 
Commandery of Knight Templars for 14 years. Diversion — Scout Mas- 
ter, Camping and Sailing. Married Lizzie S. D. Easton, daughter of 
Rev. Thomas Easton, D. D. Two Children — Dr. J. Russell VerBrycke, 
Jr., June 12, 1885. Lillian Easton, Oct. 30, 1892. 

EDWARD BURNETT VOORHEES. 

PROFESSOR Voorhees was born at Mine Brook, Somerset county, 
New Jerse3 r , June 22d, 1856. He was the son of John Voorhees. 
Preparing for college at the country schools and with private tutors he 
graduated form Rutgers in 1881 with the degree of A. B. After grad- 
uation he was assistant to the Professor of Chemistry at Wesleyan Uni- 
versity for a year, 1881-82. Then he became Assistant Chemist of the 
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. After serving as assis- 
tant for six years, 1882-88, and as chemist for five years more, 1888-9.'), 
he was made Director of the Experiment Station, a position which ho 
held until his death. He had also been Professor of Agriculture at 
Rutgers College since 1890 and Director of the Agricultural College Ex- 
periment Station and Superintendent of the College Farm since 1900. 
The activities of Professor Voorhees and his usefulness to the college 
and the cause of agriculture in New Jersey and elsewhere can scarcely 
he measured. He was President of the Board of Directors of the New 
Jersey Weather Bureau in 1893. From 1893 until 1901 he was Vice 
President of the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture and since 1901 
he had been President of tin 1 board. He was President of the New Jer- 



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sey Microscopical Society in 1905-06. From 1897 until 1904 he was 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Association of American Agricultural 
Colleges and Experiment Stations and in 1904-05 he was President of 
this association. He w T as also President of the Association of Official 
Agricultural Chemists in 1893-94. Besides these he was a member of 
the American Chemical Society and the Society for the Promotion of 
Agricultural Science. In 1902 Professor Voorhees received the Nichols 
Research Medal for the best paper containing results of chemical re- 
search reported to the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Since 
1896 he had been agent of the United States Department of Agriculture 
for irrigation in New Jersey. He was the author of the following 
books: (1) "First Principles of Agriculture," 1895; '(2) "Fertiliz- 
ers," 1898; and (3) "Forage Crops" 1907, besides numerous bulletins 
and magazine articles on agricultural subjects. He lectured almost 
constantly before farmers' institutes, boards of agriculture, dairy and 
breeders' associations, and horticultural societies, not only in New Jer- 
sey but in many other states. In 1884 Rutgers College gave him the de- 
gree of A. M., and in 1900 he received the degree of Doctor of Science 
from the University of Vermont. 

On October 18th, 1883, Professor Voorhees married Miss Anna E. 
Amerman, of South Branch, N. J. Mrs. Voorhees, five sons and two 
daughters survive him. About a year ago Professor Voorhees suffered 
a stroke of paralysis while attending a meeting of the Board of Agri- 
culture at Trenton. From this he had recovered sufficiently to be ready 
for work last fall but another stroke rendered him almost entirely help- 
less. This useful man died at his home, June 6th, 1911. 

JAMES SYLVESTER WIGHT, A. M., 

Perth Amboy, N. J. 

BORN in Washington, N. J., Nov. 1st, 1859. Son of Andrew Jackson 
Wight and Adaline Doolittle. Attended schools at Washington, 
N. J., Chester, N. J., Allentown, Pa., Mendham, N. J., Jersey City, 
N. J., Metuchen, N. J. Delta Upsilon. Attorney and Counsellor at 
Law. Tax Adjustment Commissioner. City Clerk. City Attorney, 
1898-1904. Episcopalian. Democrat. Diversion — Golf. Married 
Margaret French. Six Children — Harry, Adaline, Andrew, Arthur, 
Margaret and James Svlvester. 



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GARRETT WYCKOFF, A. M., Ph. I)., 
Red Bank, N. J. 

SON of Garrett Wyekoff. Elder in Reformed Church and Sunday 
School Superintendent for 50 years. Prominent in all good works. 
Mother, Cornelia A. Garretson. Eighth generation to bear the name of 
Garrett. Holland Descent. Direct line from Peter Claes Cornelissen 
Wyekoff, who emigrated from Holland in 1636 and settled on Long Is- 
land. Prepared at Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City and Rutgers 
Grammar School. New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1884. 
A. M., Ph. D, Held charges at Annandale, N. J., '84- '86. * Metuchen, 
N. J., '87- '94. Holmdel, N. J., '94- '11. Progressive. Travelled in 
Europe and U. S. Married, Oct 20, 1887 to Anna M. Miller at Pough- 
keepsie, N. J. Two Children- — Kenneth M. and Alice Marguerite. 
Brother of John H. Wyekoff. Missionary to India. Graduated 1871, 
Father to Kenneth M. Graduate in department of Agriculture, 1913. 
Uncle to John II., M. D. of New York, who spent two years in College. 
Brother to Peter G. Awarded A. M. by Rutgers in 1890. Delta U, 
Many Articles in Christian Intelligencer. Sermon Outline in Homile- 
tic Review in 1888. Member of Holland Societv of N. Y. 



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THOMAS HENRY GRANT, 
Red Bank, N. J. 

SON of William Henry Grant and Anna Morford Grant. Born at 
Red Bank, N. J., October 1, 1858. Prepared at the Freehold Insti- 
tute, N. J. In college won the Bradley Mathematic Prize. CM Psi. 
B. Sc. Received M. Sc. in 1884. With the Phila. & Reading two 
years, New Jersey Central ten years, was Asst. Engineer in Mainten- 
ance of Ways on latter road for several years. After 1895 independent 
Engineer and since 1900 in the farming and real estate business. Ves- 
tryman. Commodore of the North Shrewsbury Ice Yacht Club. Epis- 
copalian, Republican, Avocations: horseback riding, shooting, 
fishing. 

OLIVER PARSELL SCHNEEWEISS, 

Roselle, N. J. 

SON of Franz M. Sclmeeweiss and Mary Parsell. Born at New 
Brunswick, N. J., September 3rd, 1858. Prepared at Rutgers 
Prep. School. Three years in Rutgers College. Beta Theta Pi. Re- 
sided in New Brunswick, N. J., until 1903, since then in Roselle, N. J. 
In business in New York and many years with Walter Baker & Co., ltd., 
159 Franklin street, New York City. Presbyterian. Married April 
12th, 1887, Clara W. Smith, daughter of Adrian W. Smith and Helen 
W. Smith. 

JOHN BRUYERE, 

Trenton, N. J. 

SON of Charles M. Bruyere, farmer, and Mary Louise Taylor. Fath- 
er of French descent. Mother of Scotch Irish. Born at Cream 
Ridge, N. J., December 25th, 1859. Residences before entering col- 
lege: Cream Ridge, N. J. and four rears Freehold, N. J. Prepared at 
New Egypt, N. J., previous to 1873,'Freehold, N. J. from 1873 to 1877. 



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Phi Beta Kappa. Graduated at Rutgers with B. Sc. Graduated from 
Jefferson Medical College 1884, which year received M. Sc. Residences 
since graduation: New Egypt, 1884-89, Trenton, 1889. Physician. 
Secretary of the Mercer Co. Medical Society 1894- '97, President of same 
1897- '98. Presbyterian. Independent in politics. Married January 
12th, 1909, at Trenton, N. J., Louise Augustine Green. Wrote "The 
Progress, Problems and Prospects in Medicine", published by L. J, 
Hardhaw, Newark, N. J. Also various articles for Medical Societies 
and Medical Journals. 

RICHARD ALLARD ANTHONY, 

128 Broadway, New York City. 

SON of Edward Anthony, A. B. Columbia, Manufacturer and Im- 
porter of Photographic Apparatus and Supplies, and Margaretta 
Rebecca Montgomery. Directly decended paternally from Allard An- 
thony, one of the first three Burgomasters of New Amsterdam, about 
1640, and said to be descended maternally from Duke de Montgomerie 
who killed Henry II of France in a tournament by driving a spear 
through his eye accidentally, for which he was banished to England. 
Born at New York City, February 24th, 1861. Residences before en- 
tering college: New York City, 19 West 42nd street, and 57 West 42nd 
street. Prepared at Miss Warren's School, New York City, and Hol- 
brook's at Ossining, four years before entering college. First two 
years in Rutgers and last two in Columbia, from which received A. B., 
J 881, and A. M., 1884. Class President Sophomore year. Zeta Psi. 
Since graduation President E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., President An- 
thony & Scoville Co., Vice President Boonton Iron & Steel Co., Vice 
President Boonton Rubber Co., Director National Bank of Deposit, 
New York City, Trustee II. S. Savings Bank, Manager Mtzs. Dept. of 
Albert B. Ashforth, Inc., at 14 Wall street, New York City. Presbyter- 
ian. Republican. Married at Boonton, New Jersey, Nov. 5th, 1895, 
Amelia Van Valkenburg, daughter of Lawrence Van Valkenburg and 
Florence Vandewater. Children — Richard Allard Anthony, Jr., born 
Januarv 10th, 1898; Edward Van Valkenburg Anthony, born July 4th, 
1899, died August 13th, 1901. 

ROBERT CECIL PLUME, 

Cranford, N. J. 

SON of Franklin Plume, wholesale hardware, and Julia A. Griffins. 
Decendant on paternal side of the original founder of Newark, 
N. J., 1666. Born at Newark, N. J., February 28th, 1861. Resided 



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before entering college at Newark and Jersey City, N. J. Prepared at 
Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City, Jersey City High School and Rut- 
gers Prep. Graduated from Rutgers College with B. Sc. and received 
M. Sc. in 1884. Beta Theta Pi. Residences since leaving college: Bos- 
ton, Mass., 1881-1884, Newark, N. J., 1884-1889, Cranford, N. J., 1889. 
Engineering work 1881-1885. Manufacturing Business 1885. Man- 
ager and Executive officer of Corporation. Member of Board of Edu- 
cation Cranford, N. J., seven years, President two years. Presbyter- 
ian. Republican. Married, Boston, Mass., Sept. 1884, Harriet Augus- 
ta Cole; Cranford, N. J., November, 1905, Margaret Helen Ham. Chil- 
dren — Alan Cole Plume, born April 28th, 1885; Robert C. Plume, Jr., 
born June 30, 1888; Margaret B. Plume, born February 12, 1890; Frank- 
lvn W. Plume, born March 23, 1892; James F. Plume, born October 9, 
1894; David S. Plume, born October 3, 1900. 

AUGUSTUS FERDINAND TODD, JR., 

Dunellen, N. J. 

SON of Augustus Ferdinand Todd, Clergyman, Reformed Church, and' 
Meribah Toms. Born at Athens, Pa., Saturday, September 3rd, 
1859. Residences before entering college: Athens, Pa., Piermont, N. 
Y., Boonton, N. J., Bloomingburgh, N. Y., Wurtsboro, N. Y.. Prepared 
at Ulster Seminary, Ellenville, N. Y. and Rutgers Grammar School two 
years. In college Freshman and Sophomore years. Residences since 
leaving college: Schoharie, N. Y., 1880-1884,' Central Bridge, N. Y., 
1884-1886, Roselle, N. J., 1886-1887, Jersev City, N. J., 1887-1893, Hack- 
ensack, N. J., 1893-1898, Dunellen, N. J., 1898. Teacher Schoharie 
Academv, three vears. Telegraph Operator and assistant to Agent, 
D. & H.R. R,, at" Central Bridge, X. Y., three years. With Naylor & 
Co., New York City, seven years, in charge of Customs Department. 
Since 1892 associated with T. S. Todd, brother, in Customs and Import 
and Export Commission Business at 42 Broadway, N. Y. Member Bor- 
ough Council Dunellen, N. J., 1910-1913. Member Board of Education, 
Borough of Dunellen since 1903 and President for a number of years 
past. Member of Board of Trustees Presbyterian church, Dunellen, 
N. J. Reformed. Independent Republican, Married at Central 
Bridge, N. Y,. June 8, 1887, Adella J. Cameron, only daughter of Clias. 
R. and Laura (Case) Cameron; died at Hackensaek, N. J., June 8, 1898. 
Children — Walter Cameron Todd, born at Jersey City, N. J., May 15th, 
1889. died June 20th 1897: Laura Anna Todd, born at" Jersey Citv, N. J., 
October 25th, 1892; Charles Toms Todd, born Hackensaek, N. J., June 
3rd, 1898. 



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ADDISON HOWARD GRIFFING, 
Sayville, N. Y. 

SON of Joshua Bartlett Griffing, principal of No. 22, Brooklyn, fifty 
years ago,' and Lydia Jamima Wells. Born at Brooklyn, 104 Oak 
street, June 9th, 1856. Residences before entering college: 
Greenpoint, L. I., Riverhead, L. I. Prepared at Riverhead Public 
School, Bridgehampton Academy. In Rutgers College two years. 
Since leaving college attended the N. Y. College of Dentistry. Resi- 
dences: Port Jefferson, N. Y., 18 years, Sayville, N. Y:, fifteen years. 
Dentist. Received D. D. S. 1882. Master of Connectquot Lodge of 
Free Masons. Married at Port Jefferson, N. Y., August 31st, 1892, 
Sylvia Saxton, daughter of Wallace W. Saxton and Alma Saxton. 
Children: Lillian Sylvia Griffing, born June 26th, 1895; Willis How- 
ard Griffing, born August 4th, 1897; Kenneth Griffing, born August 12th, 
1901. 

JAMES MARSHALL VAN DEUSEN, 

Pasadena, California. 

SON of Charles Augustus Van Deusen and Julia Marshall. Born at 
Ghent, N. Y., December 18th, 1859. Residences before entering 
college. Ghent, N. Y., Hudson, N. Y. Prepared at the Hudson Public 
School and the Hudson Academy. In Rutgers College Freshman and 
Sophomore years taking the Freshman Tunis Quick Prize. Delta Up- 
silon. Studied at the N. B. Theological Seminary 1895 and 1896, and 
at the Hartford Theological Seminary in 1899. Residences since leav- 
ing college: Springfield, Mass., 1898-1908; Pasadena, Cal., 1908. In 
business Springfield, Mass., with the Bozeman Milling Co., of Bozoman, 
Montana, being their representative for Southern California from San 
Francisco to San Diego. President of Hudson Y. M. C. A. in 1895, 
Deacon and Elder in the Reformed Church at Hudson, N. Y., 1882-1895. 
Presbyterian. Independent. Married at Hudson, N. Y:, June 13th, 
1883, Isabel Tiffany, daughter of Edward Tiffany and Deborah Woou 
Tiffanv. Children— Edward Tiffany, born August 8th, 1897; Isabel 
Tiffany, born February 17th, 1902; Alice, born October 15th, 1905; 
Mabel, born May 19th, 1888; Helen, born May 18th, 1890; died March 
30th, 1893; Marion 1)., born January 26th, 1892; Julia, born September 
17th, 1893, died January 21st, 1910; James Augustus, bom August 11th, 
1895, died February 5th, 1902. 



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JAMES HOWARD AITKIN, 

Schenectady, N. Y. 

SON of James Stuart Aitkin, A. M. Rutgers 1854, Attorney and 
Counselor at Law, and Henrietta Bascom Ihrie. Born at Trenton. 
N. J., December 24tk, 1860, Residences before entering college: 
Trenton, N. J., New Brunswick, N. J: Prepared at the Trenton Acad- 
emy, 1870-1876; Rutgers College Grammar School 1877-1878. In Rut- 
gers College three years, entering with class of '82 and graduating 
with class of '81 receiving the Chemical Certificate. Residences since 
leaving college: Trenton, N. J., 1881-1888; Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1889- 
1890; Bethlehem, Pa., 1891-1892, Lynn, Mass., 1893-1894; Schenectady, 
N. Y., 1895. Salesman 1881-1888. Purchasing Agent 1902-1904, Sec- 
retary and Treasurer 1905. Presbvterian. Republican. Diversion — 
Golf. 

JOHN TRUMBULL MARSHALL. 

MR. Marshall was born in Kingston, N. Y., January 8th, 1860. He 
was the son of Prof. Arthur Ward Marshall, and a descendant of 
Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut, the American patriot and friend of 
Washington. The family removing to Metuchen, N. J., in his early 
boyhood, Mr. Marshall prepared for college under his father's instruc- 
tion and graduated from the scientific course of Rutgers College in 
1881. Immediately he became associated with Thomas A. Edison, 
whose works were then located at Menlo Park, N. J. He continued 
with Mr. Edison until his death and was at that time assistant engin- 
eer of the lamp works of the General Electric Company at Harrison, 
N. J. He invented a photometer which is widely used in testing car- 
bon filament lamps and had carried on many valuable experiments in 
connection with the tungsten filament. 

Mr. Marshall was a very useful citizen of Metuchen, where he gave 
much of his time to the interests of the village. He served on the 
school board, the library board and the park association and was a dea- 
con and trustee of the Presbyterian church. He had gone to Bermuda 
on account of his health and died there January 1st, 1910. 

FREDERIC WILLIAM MALCOLM. 

FREDERICK W. Malcolm was born in the city of New York on the 
twenty-second day of November, 1854. He received his early 
training at the Poughkeepsie Military Institute and at the Charlier In- 
stitute (now the De La Salle), in the city of New York. He entered 



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Rutgers College in the fall of 1878, and received his degree of B. S. 
with the Class of 1881. Almost immediately after his graduation he 
took a position as superintendent of ways and maintenance of the 
Miami branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, with headquarters at Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. For four years he held this position, and was next em- 
ployed by the Chesapeake and other railroads, with headquarters at 
Hinton, West Virginia, where he remained about a year and resigned. 
He then became superintendent of the Appalachian Land and Im- 
provement Company, with headquarters at Pineville, Ky. This posi- 
tion he held for over five years, and while in charge of the company's 
property, he achieved a number of the most commendable successes, 
quite as many as a man of his age could possibly accomplish. 

On leaving Pineville he returned to New York and took charge of 
his father's affairs, where he continued to reside until he contracted a 
severe cold which resulted in pneumonia, and he died on the twenty- 
fourth day of February, 1899, after an illness of five days. 

Mr. Malcolm was prolific in practical inventions, one of his auto- 
matic railway signal devices having received the attention and com- 
mendation of some of the most celebrated railroad engineers in the 
country. Also several of his railroad frogs and similar apparatus 
should be mentioned. He spent the last few months of his life in en- 
deavoring to develop an electric door lock, which was found practically 
complete on his work-table after his death. Some of his bright ideas 
were involved in various draughting instruments, several of which 
are used by the most skilled draughtsmen. Mr. Malcolm was a mem- 
ber of the Delta Phi Society, and the Delta Phi Club of New York, but 
was no enthusiast as a club devotee; he was more infatuated by the 
quiet of his atelier. Mr. Malcolm was sincerely and deeply attached to 
his Alma Mater. His very last words, almost, being those of direction 
as to what should be done for old Rutgers. 

EDWARD BARZILLAI DANA, JR., M. D. 

M R.Dana was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1863. He was a student 
for a time in the class of 1881. After leaving college he studied 
medicine, and upon being admitted to practice settled at Metuchen, 
N. J. He acquired a large practice and filled a prominent place in the 
general life of the community. He was president of the board of 
health, member of the board of education, an active Mason, and a mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian Church. He died at Metuchen January 21st, 
1904, in the forty-first year of his age. His wife and son survive him. 



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JOHN CLIFFORD PERRINE. 

MR. Perrine was born March 1st, 1855, at Pennington, N. J., and 
died of hectic consumption, at his home, November 10th, 1888. 
After leaving college he studied law for nearly a year in Trenton, N. J., 
but finding the close application to books and office duties were ser- 
iously affecting his health, he reluctantly gave up his cherished inten- 
tion of being a lawyer. Associating himself with a druggist, he found 
congenial duties for eight or nine years, until about a year before his 
death, when his health failed him, and he retired from all active occu- 
pation. In college he was a quiet, unassuming student of rare mental 
ability, and a friend of every classmate; in business, prompt, accurate 
and trustworthy, and at home a good son and affectionate brother. 

PETER JOSEPH GERLACH (N. G.) 

DR. P. J. Gerlach, who was among the pioneer physicians of Spokane, 
"Washington, having come here nine years ago, died at his home 
on July 21st, 1898, from an attack of epilepsy, from which disease he 
had been suffering for some time. A wife and two stepsons survive 
him. — Spokane (Washington) paper. 

DE WITT G. LIPPINCOTT. 

MR.Lippincott was born in Ulster county, N. Y., April 15th, 1861, a 
son of the Rev. Benjamin C. Lippincott. He attended Rutgers 
College for a time with the class of 1881, and then entered upon medi- 
cal studies at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, being grad- 
uated tiiere in 1882. In 1883 he located at Campbell Hall, N. Y., where 
he continued practicing with marked ability until his death. He died 
June 7th, 1905. 

CORNELIUS WHITENACK STRYKER, (N. G.) 

MR. Stryker died in Philadelphia on Monday morning, February 10, 
1890, of pneumonia, after an illness of only a week, aged thirty 
years. Mr. Stryker was engaged in the drug business, at Thirteenth 
and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, the firm name being Stryker & Og- 
den. He was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 
1882, and has been engaged in his profession since that time. He was a 
young man of much intelligence, of a cheerful disposition, and was very 
popular with his friends, of whom he had an unusually large number. 



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WILLIAM RICHARD GEORGE. 

MR. George was born at Dover, N. J., in 1863 . He was for a time a 
member of the class of 1881 at Rutgers College, taking the scien- 
tific course. While in college he was distinguished as a baseball 
pitcher, a swimmer and an oarsman. Later he became a professional 
baseball player and was pitcher for the St. Louis National League 
baseball team. He was also a mining engineer. In 1885 Mr. George 
married Miss Elizabeth Fischer of New Brunswick, N. J., who sur- 
vives him. He died suddenly in his office in New York Citv in Janu- 
ary, 1916. 

JOHN KINNAN HOW. 

MR. How was born in New Brunswick, N. J., March 2d, 1860. He 
was the son of Henry K. How. Preparing at the Rutgers Gram- 
mar School, he graduated from Rutgers Colllege in 1881 with the de- 
gree of B. Sc. Moving to Baltimore in 1887 he formed the John K. 
How Electric Light Company and was connected with it until two years 
before Ins death, when his health compelled retirement. In 1909 he 
was Vice President of the Builders' Exchange of Baltimore. On De- 
cember 30th, 1890, Mr. How married Miss Amelia Belt of Baltimore. 
His widow and one son survive him. He died at Bel Air, Md., June 
9th, 191 ,5. 

LEWIS L. CORY, 
Fresno, California. 

SON of Benjamin Cory, M. D., Graduate of Miami University, Ox- 
ford, Ohio, and Sarah A. Braly. Born at San Jose, Cal., May 
4th, 1861. Residences- before entering college: San Jose, Cal., Rail- 
way, N. J. Prepared at the Public Schools and University of the Pa- 
cific, San Jose, Cal.; Rutgers College Grammar School Baseball and 
football teams. Delta Upsilon. Attended Rutgers College Freshman 
Sophomore years and Princeton Junior and Senior years. Graduated 
from Columbia Law School 1883. Admitted to the Bar of the State of 
Xew York 1883. Residences since leaving college: Rahway, N. J., 
two years; San Jose, Cal., one year; Fresno, Cal., thirty years. Epis- 
copalian. Republican. Avocation: Golf. Married at New York City, 
October 17th, 1882, Carolyn A. Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Thomas M. Martin. Children— Edith M. Cory, March 10th, 1884; 
Katherine 11. Goodfellow Cory, August 17th, 1887; Margaret E. Cory, 
March 29th, 1891; Martin L. Cory, June 3rd, L894; Benjamin IT. Cory, 
October 25th, 1897. 



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WASHINGTON WILSON, 

Metucken, N. J. 

SON of Edward Wilson and Mary A. Milligan. Born London, Bug* 
land, July 14th, 1861. Resided at Metucken, N. J. Prepared at 
Rutgers College Preparatory Sckool 1870-1877. Attended Sckool of 
Pkarmacy, University of Mickigan 1882-1884. Manufacturer paint's 
and colors and now operating Power Loft Buildings, 46 Lawrence 
street, Newark, N. J. Secretary Metucken Club 1892-1911, President 
of same 1911. Master Mt. Zion Lodge, 1903-1904; Mayor Metucken 
1910-1911, 1916; one of tke Organizers and Directors of tke Metucken 
National Bank; Governor of Metucken Golf and Countv Club; Member 
Public Sckool Board 1907, 1908, President of same 1909. Metkodist. 
Republican. Avocation: Golf, fishing, tennis. Married at Clifton 
Springs, N. Y., Nov. 18tk, 1891, Clara Louise Pierce, daughter of An- 
drew Pierce and Mary F. Gilman Pierce, Boston, Mass. 

No data was received from McWilliams, Provost, McChesney, 
Johnson or Rusling. 

Our death list has been large, nineteen having passed into the Great 
Beyond. Namely, Booraem, Fielder, Harrington, Lord, Scott, Upson, 
Voorhees, Bergen, Gerlach, Perrine, Stryker, Williamson, How, Mal- 
colm, Marshall, Dana, Denise, George and Lippincott. 

Graduates, Classical 26 

Scientific .' 9 

Partial Course 19 

Total 54 

Died 19 



Our 35 th Reunion. 

Our 35th reunion was held at Hotel Klein upon June 13th, at 6 P.M. 
After urgent solicitation to all surviving members, we lined up to 
the number of eleven. The following were present: Brooks, Cain, 
Conklin, Griffin, Wight, Todd, Sclmeeweiss, Wilson, McNair, Grant and 
Wyckoff; with our honored guest, Prof. VanDyke, the only surviving 
Professor of our day, who has just completed fifty years of active serv- 
ice for the College. 

It was a gladsome occasion. Some of the fellows had not met since 



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graduation. Some looked almost as youthful as upon the day of gradu- 
ation, while others showed the care of years. It was an informal af- 
fair, held in the small banquet room of the Hotel. A generous menu 
was served. Stories and happenings of College days were rehearsed. 
Letters were read from absent members. Prof. VanDyke delivered a 
very touching address. The proposition was made to effect a more 
permanent organization for closer and effective union. 

None of the old officers having responded, the following were se- 
lected: President, Wyckoff; Secretary, Brooks; Treasurer, Cain; His- 
torian, Wyckoff. The Secretary reported having secured over $600 
for the College from the different members and hoped to make it a 
thousand. 

The Historian said he had ready for the press a complete history of 
the class, as far as he could secure it, which would soon be ready for 
distribution. 

The whole affair was so enjoyable that it was unanimously re- 
solved to have an annual reunion. We adjourned to meet again in 
October at the 150 anniversary of the College. 

HISTORIAN. 

Friday, October 13th, 1916, 7 P. M., saw gathered together at our 
class banquet at Winants Hall, in connection with other classes accord- 
ing to the order of the Sesqui Committee, Brooks, Cain, McNair, Todd, 
Schmitz, Conklin, Schneeweiss, Stephens, Aitkin, Wilson, Wight and 
Wyckoff. We were proud to be a part of the great celebration. Proud 
by our presence to congratulate the College on its great forward move. 
That she might go forward to greater conquests of efficiency and success 
was the sincere Mash of all. 



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